[Library Advisory Board on October 23, 2023.]
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          ALRIGHT THE TIME IS NOW SEVEN PM ON WHAT IS THIS? OCTOBER 23RD. THERE WE GO. OCTOBER 23RD 2003 CALLING TO ORDER THE WIDER LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING ABSENT OR BONNET COMMUNE OWES AND ZACHARY TODD. SO WE DO HAVE OUR STAFF SPOTLIGHT. MISS KELSEY LEE SAID. WELL, PLEASE OUR TEEN SERVICES LIBRARIAN. YES PLEASE. IF YOU'LL TOUCH THAT BUTTON, MAKE SURE IT'S RED. WHEN YOU THE TOP OF THE AREA. HELLO OKAY, THIS IS A LITTLE SHORTER THAN I'D LIKE IT TO BE. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE CAN PICK IT UP. WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY? HI KELSEY . KELSEY SIBYL. I AM THE TEEN SERVICES LIBRARIAN OVER AT THE LIBRARY. I'VE BEEN WITH THE SMOKE PUBLIC LIBRARIES SINCE JANUARY OF 2011. UM I WAS HIRED AS A BIG PART OF THE HIRING SPREE WHEN THE NEW BUILDING WAS OPENING. AND I STARTED AS A CLERK LIKE A SHOW OVER OVER IN CIRCULATION. UM I THINK I WAS A TERRIBLE SHELVE, ER, I WAS CONSTANTLY GETTING DISTRACTED AND WOULD NOT GET NEARLY AS MANY CARTS DONE AS I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. BUT I SOMEHOW MADE IT TO USE SERVICES AFTER THAT HAND. UM OPHELIA WAS MY SUPERVISOR FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND THEN I GOT MY STARTED WORKING ON MY MASTER'S DEGREE IN 2016 FINISHED IN 2018, AND IT HAPPENED TO BE RIGHT WHEN OUR FORMER TEAM LIBRARIAN HAD ACCEPTED A MORE LIKE MANAGEMENT POSITION. AND I GOT REALLY LUCKY AND KIND OF GOT TO JUST SLIDE INTO THAT PLACE AND INTERVIEW AND TAKE THAT POSITION SO I'VE BEEN THE TEAM LIBRARIANS SINCE OCTOBER, 2018 WENT THROUGH COVID. IS NOT A LOT OF FUN, BUT WE RALLIED. WE MADE IT, UM I THINK PROBABLY I REALLY WANT LIKE TO EMPHASIZE LIKE BEING MY VERY LIKE TRANSPARENT SELF WITH THE TEENS BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU'RE HONEST AND OPEN WITH THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE SAME WAY WITH YOU AND IF THEY'RE NOT FEELING GREAT ABOUT SOMETHING, AND YOU KIND OF OPEN UP TO THEM. THEY'LL DO THE SAME. SO I REALLY STRESSED THAT WITH OUR WITH MY CO WORKERS AND JUST BEING EMPATHETIC WITH THEM, SO UM I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE SHOULD I KIND OF MENTIONED? TELL US A BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM AS YOU DO. OKAY YEAH, WE DO DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR I DO A TEAM BOOK CLUB. OUR TEAM DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GROUP AND, UM ARE JAPAN A MATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS ANIME AND MANGA. AND THOSE ARE ALL ON THURSDAYS. THEY'RE ALL AN HOUR EXCEPT FOR D AND D, WHICH IS A TWO HOUR PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S INDIAN D HARD TO GET A LOT DONE IN JUST ONE HOUR, SO UM DND IS OUR NEWEST PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR. THE TEENS AND BOOK CLUB HAS BEEN AROUND THE LONGEST. THAT'S OUR MOST KIND OF TRADITIONAL LIBRARY TEAM PROGRAM. THE JAPAN A MATION IS IT'S ACTUALLY THIS YEAR SO FAR MORE POPULAR THAN BOOK CLUB, WHICH I THINK IS A FIRST. I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY GETTING A LOT MORE NOTICE, AND THEY'RE WANTING TO COME TO THAT. ONE MORE. UM AND THEN IN THE SUMMER. WE DO TWO PROGRAMS A WEEK, SO I USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 11 TO 12 TEAM PROGRAMS. THAT I HAVE TO PLAN AND PURCHASE FOR AND IMPLEMENT AND RUN AND IT'S SO MANY, BUT THEY LOVE IT, AND WE HAVE SOME THAT COME BACK EVERY SINGLE YEAR PROGRAMS AS WELL AS TEENS. WE HAVE, IN PARTICULAR A WOMAN NAMED MICHELLE OWEN, WHO RUNS A BUSINESS CALLED HANDS ON DESIGN, AND SHE'S THE ONE WHO DOES CUPCAKE WARS, WHERE THEY DO ALL THE CUPCAKE DECORATING AND STUFF AND SHE'S BACK EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND EVERY YEAR I'M LIKE, HI, IT'S ME AGAIN. DO YOU WANT TO COME TO CUPCAKE WARS AND SHE LOVED IT? I ALWAYS GET LIKE ENTHUSIAST. SHE'S LIKE I LOVE YOU GUYS, AND I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I'M ASKING SO MUCH OF HER, BUT SHE REALLY ENJOYS IT SO UM, YEAH , I HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS GOING ON. KELSEY IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE YOUNG ADULT COLLECTION. 
          SO ANYTHING IN THE TEEN ROOM KELSEY ORDERS YES, I DO ALL THE ORDERING ALL THE ALSO THE WEEDING. WHICH I REALLY LIKE, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT EXPLAINING LEADING TO PEOPLE BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET REALLY UPSET WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, WHY ARE YOU TAKING THIS OUT OF THE COLLECTION AND LIKE, LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU THIS IS MY PASSION. BUT YEAH, IT'S SO IMPORTANT. I THINK WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CURATING THE COLLECTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO YEAH, I REALLY I REALLY LOVE MY JOB. I WAS VERY WORRIED WHEN I WAS OFFERED THE POSITION AT FIRST THAT I WAS GONNA NOT BEING GOOD AT BEING THE TEEN LIBRARIAN THAT IT WAS REALLY SCARY AND 
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EVERYTHING'S YOU THINK EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE SCARY, AND I THINK I ACTUALLY ASKED DEBIAN OPHELIA, LIKE IF I HATE IT, CAN I GO BACK TO BEING LIKE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN IN LIKE A YEAR AND THEY WERE LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S FINE. AND BUT TURNS OUT I LOVE IT. AND I'M STILL HERE. SO YEAH. THE OTHER PART. TURN ON YOUR MIND. HOW MANY TEENS. AN AVERAGE SHOW UP FOR LIKE FOR BOOK CLUB VERSUS DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS AND ALL OF THAT. SO, UM. FOR BOOK CLUBS, WE USUALLY HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 20, WHICH FEELS LIKE A REALLY BIG KIND OF FLEXIBLE NUMBER. BUT I USUALLY KNOW I'M GOING TO GET AT LEAST 10. AND THAT COULD JUST DEPENDING ON THE POPULARITY OF THE BOOK. UM JAPAN, A MATION FOR AWHILE. FOR SEVERAL YEARS WE WERE SITTING AT LIKE, JUST UNDER 10 OR RIGHT ABOUT 10 ATTENDEES, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR WE'VE BEEN GETTING LIKE 15 20. I THINK WE EVEN HAD, LIKE 22 OR SOMETHING ONE TIME. UM AND D AND D. I THINK IT IS VERY. A WEIRD ONE, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THEIR SCHEDULES, AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COME TO NOT JUST ONE MEETING ONE MONTH, BUT THEY HAVE TO SAY, LIKE, OKAY, I'M GONNA NEED TO COMMIT TO THIS MEETING AND NEXT MONTH AND THE MONTH AFTER THAT, BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING LIKE A BIG STORYLINE, AND THERE'S LIKE PART OF A GROUP FOR IT. SO THAT ONE IS MORE. IT CAN BE SMALLER. SO RIGHT NOW I THINK WE HAVE EIGHT OR NINE THAT ARE COMMITTED TO LIKE THE GROUP THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. SO THAT ONE'S OUR SMALLEST ONE, PROBABLY. AND THEN WHAT ARE YOUR TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUMMER NUMBERS BECAUSE OF CUPCAKE WARS. HOW MANY DO WE SIGN UP FOR THAT? UM WE REGISTER FOR I THINK WE'RE AT 50 RIGHT NOW. WE USED USED TO CAP IT AT 60, BUT REALIZED WE PROBABLY SHOULD AND COULD BE CAPPING IT AT 50. WE'RE GETTING PRETTY MUCH AT OUR CAP. EVERY TIME WE'RE GETTING BETWEEN 40 50 KIDS EVERY SINGLE TIME FOR THAT. UM STAYING FOR OUR GRAFFITI ONE WHERE THEY DO THE SPRAY PAINTING, WHICH IS A REALLY COOL THEY HAVE TO TRACE OUT A STENCIL, AND THEN THEY GO OUTSIDE AND USE ACTUAL SPRAY PAINT TO MAKE A PIECE OF ART THAT THEY CAN TAKE HOME. THAT ONE USUALLY HITS RIGHT ABOUT 40 TO 50. UM, BUT PROBABLY FOR THE SMALLER ONES BETWEEN 2030. I WOULD SAY SO PRETTY GOOD FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE. THEY'RE TURNING OUT. SO WE HAVE A REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC COMMUNITY. YEAH. YEAH BECAUSE I GET SOME TEAM SOMETHING. LIBRARIANS ARE LIKE, HOW HAVE YOU DONE THIS? AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT'S JUST WILDLY BUT I THINK HAVING 18 DEDICATED TEEN SPACE LIKE WE DO THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE REST OF THE LIBRARY AND HAVING A DEDICATED TEAM LIBRARY AND MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. A LOT OF THESE PLACES YOU GO TO THE TEAM SECTION IS LIKE OFF IN A CORNER. IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, UH, MARKED OFF BY A SOME FURNITURE OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S DEDICATED OWN SPACE. AND HERE, IT'S SO DEFINED, AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE KELSEY WHO WORKS, YOU KNOW SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TEENS GET TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. YOU KNOW SHE'S CONSTANTLY IN CONTACT WITH THEM. SHE ALSO VISITS THE SCHOOL. SO UM, I THINK THAT IS A HUGE AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT FROM DAY ONE HERE, SO WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO OUR TEAM POPULATION. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO PULL LIKE CONTROVERSIAL BOOKS? OR DO THEY SEND THE LIST OUT AND SAY THESE ARE THE CONTROVERSIAL BOOKS YOU NEED TO PULL THEM OR I MEAN, WE KEEP AN EYE ON IT ALL THE TIME, JUST KIND OF BECAUSE IT'S IN THE NEWS SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. UM WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF PATRONS APPROACHING US WITH THAT, LIKE, NOT ONWARDS, BUT, UM, WE ARE SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST WANT YOU TO LISTEN. AND SO I AM VERY MUCH LIKE YEAH, LIKE, TELL ME ABOUT WHY YOU HATE IT IF YOU WANT TO LIKE THAT'S FINE. BUT WE'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY GET VERY LIKE CONFRONTATIONAL OR ANGRY OR ANYTHING, AND I WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHALLENGING FOREVER. I CAN EVEN THINK OF WE'VE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THINGS. AND BUT EVEN IN THE TEAM ROOM I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT OUR MOST RECENT ONE WAS. BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, WE'LL GET LIKE AN EMAIL FROM A PARENT WITH LIKE LIKE A QUOTE OR SOMETHING FROM A BOOK, OR THEY'LL STICK A NOTE IN THE BOOK WHEN THEY RETURN IT AND WE DO LIKE DELEUZE WILL LIKE JUST MAKE SURE SHE'S COMMUNICATING EMAIL, WISE AND PHONE CALL, AND SHE ALWAYS BOTH CALLED DEBBIE AND I AND BE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, LIKE, SIT AND TALK ABOUT THIS AND WRITE THE EMAIL TOGETHER. OH BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE HAD ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT WE KEEP OUR EYES ON THE NEWS KIND OF ESPECIALLY THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE ALSO TRAIN STAFF. OBVIOUSLY IF PEOPLE ARE 
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UPSET TO LISTEN, UM AND THEN FROM THERE, TOO. DIRECT THEM TO THE TEEN LIBRARIAN, OR WHAT? WHOEVER WHATEVER LIBRARIANS THERE, AND, UM WE ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS THE BIGGEST THING IS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T MAY NOT BE RIGHT FOR YOU. LET'S FIND SOMETHING THAT IS YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THIS TITLE ISN'T RIGHT FOR YOU DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOT SOMETHING ELSE HERE. THAT IS SO I THINK THAT HELPS DIFFUSE A LOT OF I THINK SOMETIMES THEY EXPECT US TO BE LIKE ANGRY ABOUT AND WE'RE LIKE NO, LIKE WE'RE HERE FOR YOU, LIKE LET US HELP YOU. USUALLY MY FIRST STATEMENT IS I'M SO IMPRESSED THAT YOU'RE SO INVOLVED IN WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE READING BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IS SO THAT'S GOOD. LET'S FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. OH, THAT'S JUST A SHOUT OUT. I KNOW YOU HAVE A HAND IN THE BABY STORY TIME TOO. AND YEAH, I ATTENDED A LOT OF THOSE IN THE SPRING WITH MY DAUGHTER. AND JUST AWESOME. JUST AWESOME. THANK YOU. CAN'T WE HAD BABY PRAM FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR? THAT WAS AMAZING . RYAN AND HIS WIFE CAME LIKE TUX DRESS LIKE THE LITTLE ONE THAT COMPLETELY DRESSED TO THE NINES LIKE WALK THE RED CARPET. 
          IT WAS AMAZING. UM YEAH, I ALSO DO BE. I DO BOTH ENDS OF THE AGE SPECTRUM. YES, THANK YOU, BRIAN. 
          THIS IS TERRIFIC. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WERE. YOU'RE LUCKY TO KIND OF FOND OF THIS THIS POSITION. BUT I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AND I'M LIKE SUPER EXCITED THE GROWTH IN JUST THE NUMBER OF CLUBS AND YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE AND STUDENTS TEAMS THAT ARE COMING INTO DND OR JAPAN. A MATION OR EVEN THE TEEN BOOK? LOVE IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. IS THERE ANY SORT OF. DO YOU SEE ANY SORT OF ROADBLOCKS OR HURDLES. IF THAT GROWTH CONTINUES, WHAT WOULD YOU NEED? CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE THOSE TEAMS. UM I THINK. PROBABLY FOR D AND D. IN PARTICULAR, IT WOULD BE THE AMOUNT OF US THAT CAN RUN GAMES. UM, I DO LIKE MYSELF AND I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE A COWORKER IN THE YOUTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHO CAN ALSO RUN GAMES. BUT THEN I AM ABLE TO PAY A WOMAN WHO COMES IN WHO IS PART OF SHE'S CREATED WHAT'S CALLED THE TRAVELING BARDS STUDIOS, AND SHE CAN RUN GAMES AS WELL AND BRINGS ALL OF HER STUFF. UM SO THE SAYING IS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO PLAY DND AND NOBODY WANTS TO RUN THE GAME AND IT'S VERY TRUE. 
          UM, ALSO, I THINK FOR JAPAN. A MATION I THINK MAYBE JUST TIME LIKE I'VE CONSIDERED STRETCHING IT A LITTLE, MAYBE, LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF. BECAUSE THEY WANT TO USUALLY WATCH MORE THAN LIKE THE TWO EPISODES AND WE CAN USUALLY GET STARTED ON THE THIRD EPISODE. BUT THEY DON'T QUITE GET ALL THE WAY THERE AND IT'S ALSO WE WANT TO TRY TO DO LIKE SOME LITTLE CRAFTS AND THINGS WITHIN. SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE, WELL CAN THEY DO THE CRAFT BUT THEN ALSO LISTENED TO AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE ANIME. SO THAT ONE MAYBE IN THE FUTURE A LITTLE I WOULD THINK ABOUT I HAVE IF I COULD GET LIKE ANOTHER SQUEEZE ANOTHER HALF HOUR IN THERE. MAYBE BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY KIND OF COMING TO MY MIND RIGHT NOW. BUT I THINK THE CHALLENGE WITH ANY OF THAT IS STAFFING. 
          STAFFING AND FUNDING ARE ALWAYS OUR TWO BIGGEST ROADBLOCKS. YEAH BECAUSE THE STRETCHING THE TIME OUT REQUIRES LIKE WELL, THEN WHO'S GOING TO BE AT THE DESK AND STAFFING IS ALSO LIKE DO WE HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY MORE PEOPLE TO RUN D AND D GAMES? 2030 TEENAGERS CAN BE MHM TASK SOMETIMES. YEAH. YES. WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR? AND FOR KELSEY. 
          WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING LIKE WHAT ARE YOUR HOW DO YOU WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE FUTURE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW, OR IS EVERYTHING WORKING AND YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT? HMM. I THINK THAT I REALLY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M KEEPING AN ISLAND LIKE WHAT'S THE TEENS? ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING IN CLUBS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME SOMETHING. STALE LIKE WE ADDED THE DND CLUB BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS LIKE RENAISSANCE RIGHT NOW. BUT IF THAT HAPPENS. TO KIND OF DIE OFF AGAIN, AND THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO FORCE IT. WE WILL REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THEY WANT TO DO. UM JUST TRYING TO KEEP A FINGER ON AND THAT'S SO HARD ON WHAT THE TEENS ARE REALLY INTO. UM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I WANT TO MAKE SURE LIKE WE'RE KEEPING OUR INSTAGRAM UPDATED. AND I, THERE'S A LOT OF LIBRARIES THAT HAVE TIKTOK'S AND THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING, AND ESPECIALLY WITH CITY GOVERNMENT AND EVEN THE STATE OF TEXAS. UM, BUT DEFINITELY MAYBE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE CLUBS AND WHAT THE TEAMS 
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ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING. AND IT'S DIFFICULT. TO TRY AND FIND TIME FOR OUTREACH. 
          AND I GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AT LEAST ONCE A SCHOOL YEAR. I'D LIKE TO GET THEIR TWICE THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY GO TO THE JUNIOR HIGHS, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. SO UM, GETTING MYSELF INTO THE SCHOOLS MORE BECAUSE THEY DO I HAVE GONE BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE KIDS REMEMBER ME FROM THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE OR FROM LIKE, OH, YEAH, LIKE I GO TO THE LIBRARY AND YOU'RE THERE, AND I'M LIKE, YEAH. SO YOU GOTTA GO OTHER PLACES BESIDES THE LIBRARY SO BECAUSE THEY KNOW AND THEY'LL LIKE, START TO RECOGNIZE ME AND LIKE I USUALLY TAKE LIKE OUR BUTTON MAKER AND BRING BUTTONS FOR THEM, AND THEY CAN GET FREEBIES AND SO GETTING OUT TO WILEY. I SEE MORE, I THINK. PROBABLY TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WOULD BE A BIG ONE MYSELF. I THINK IF I MAY, SAY TEEN SERVICES IS PROBABLY THE MOST DYNAMIC OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICES WE OFFER THAT'S CONSTANTLY IN FLUX BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT? WHAT THE TEENS ARE INTO. SO YOU MET D AND D. MAYBE THE BIG THING RIGHT NOW AND SIX MONTHS. IT'S OVER, AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. YOU KNOW, SO BUT OUR TEEN LIBRARIAN. THAT'S WHY SHE'S HERE IS SHE FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT FOR US? THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. IT WAS NICE TO SOME OF YOU RE INTRODUCE MYSELF AND THEN TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO OTHERS. WELL, ABSOLUTELY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT JUST HAVING THAT KIND OF EMPATHY WITH THE WITH THIS WITH THE MOON TEAMS THAT COME IN AND JUST HAVING LISTENING HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE THEY ARE A SPECIAL BUNCH, AND THEY'RE CURIOUS AND ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS AND JUST BEING A SOUNDING BOARD FOR A LOT OF THEM. THAT'S SOMETIMES ALL THEY NEED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. YEAH, THANK YOU. HAVE A LOVELY REST OF YOUR EVENING. THANKS, KELSEY. ALL RIGHT. WATER I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH THE TEAM PROGRAM GOING ON MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS GOING TO QUICKLY REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR SEPTEMBER 25TH MEETING. 
          I HAVE A. QUESTION ABOUT PAGE FOUR. UNDER WS FOR NEAR THE BOTTOM. CRICKET IS SPELLED TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. WHICH IS CORRECT. IT SHOULD BE LIKE CRY CUTS, WHICH WHEN THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT. I HEARD IT AS CRICKET AND I WAS THINKING OF THERE'S A PARTICULAR LITTLE PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTS, AND THAT WAS WHAT I THOUGHT WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT. IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT I REALIZED IT WAS THE OTHER ISSUE. MM CRICKET MACHINE, SO I PROBABLY MISSED IT. BUT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CR. I C U T. OKAY? WE'LL GET THAT FIXED FOR THE FINAL. 
          I'M MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THAT ONE. EDIT. THIS IS IRENE. SECOND THE MOTION. THIS IS ROBERTA. 
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ALRIGHT REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 20TH. EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE YOUR VOTE. 
          AND THAT VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS. EVERYONE VOTED FIVE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ZACH. I MEAN, VOTED IN FAVOR OF SECOND MONIKER. BOTH ABSENCE. WE ONLY HAVE FIVE. MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR WORK SESSION REVIEWED THE MONTHLY REPORTS. ALL RIGHT. MONTHLY REPORT. THE. I ADDED, WE HAD BRIAN HAD ASKED ABOUT YOU DEMI STATS LAST MONTH, AND SO THAT GOT ME THINKING THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SOME OF OUR OTHER, MORE POPULAR DATABASES. SO AT THE BEGINNING, YOU'LL SEE THE USUAL PROGRAMMING STATS AND AS WELL AS CIRCULATION STATS. UM YOU'LL SEE OUR STORY. 
          TIME NUMBERS ARE HUGE, BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY A FOUR MONTH OF ACTUAL STORY. TIME'S GOING, WHEREAS IN AUGUST WE DON'T DO STORYTIME. UM AND THEN KID EVENTS, TEAM EVENTS. ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. CIRCULATION. ALL THAT. PRETTY STEADY. EVERYTHING IS PRETTY GOOD. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE. THIS IS THE NEW SECTION DOWN HERE AND KIND OF THE ALTERNATING GRAZE. WE HAVE ANCESTRY, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE GENEALOGY DATABASE CREATIVE BUG, WHICH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, IT'S LIKE AN ETSY RABBIT HOLE FOR ME. I GET STUCK IN THERE AND IT'S THERE'S NO TURNING BACK. IT'S LIKE YOUTUBE BUT FOR CRAFTERS, SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THIS SHOWS YOU JUST ALL KINDS OF GREAT GREAT THINGS YOU CAN MAKE IN CRETE. DATA AXLE IS ONE OF OUR BUSINESS REFERENCE RESOURCES, GAIL COURSES, YOU COULD DO ALL KINDS OF CLASSES FROM ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU CAN DO ON GAIL COURSES FOR FREE. THEY'RE ALL ONLINE CLASSES. IT'S ACTUAL INSTRUCTION , LIKE WITH AN INSTRUCTOR. SO THEIR START DATES. THERE'S SIX WEEKS, 12 WEEKS, DEPENDING ON WHATEVER THE COURSE IS, SO IT'S NOT LIKE A SELF PACED THING. UM MINGLE LANGUAGES, WHICH IS OUR LANGUAGE DATABASE. AND THEN, OF COURSE YOU DEMI DEMI IS KIND OF LIKE YOUTUBE AS WELL. BUT IT'S MORE CURATED, AND IT'S UH, IT'S GOT EVERYTHING FROM CYBER SECURITY AGAIN. IT'S GOT CRAFTING ART STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S ALSO GOT A LOT OF BUSINESS A LOT OF SELF IMPROVEMENT, ALL KINDS OF REALLY COOL VIDEOS ON THERE. UM AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE COURSES AS WELL . AND THOSE ARE SELF PACED. YOU DO THEM ON YOUR OWN, SO I HOPE THAT GIVES YOU SOME IDEA THERE, BRIAN ABOUT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO START OR WE'RE WORKING ON DOING A BIG CAMPAIGN FOR YOU, DEMI. UM ARE, UM FACILITIES DIRECTOR. HE'S ALSO THE HEAD OF I T AND HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN GETTING ALL CITY STAFF IN ON NEW DEMI BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CYBERSECURITY TRAINING ON IT. 
          AND SO HE'S LIKE, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO HAVE? YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE STAFF DO IT, AND I'M LIKE WE JUST GOT TO GIVE HIM LIBRARY CARDS, WHICH WE USUALLY DO WHEN THEY START, SO IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO HAVE THEM GO ON AND DO CYBERSECURITY TRAINING ON THERE. SO UM, ANYWAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE OMITTED THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND THEN, OF COURSE WE'VE GOT OUR DIGITAL RESOURCES USAGE. OUR USUAL ONES THAT WE ALWAYS SEE OUR LIBBY. UM OVERDRIVE THE B OVER DRIVING THE SAME THING. AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE'VE GOT HOOPLA AND CANOPY IS STILL GOING STRONG. Y'ALL PEOPLE ARE DISCOVERING IT. WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BIG CHANGE WITH CANOPY, SOME CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT AFFECTS THINGS RIGHT NOW. CANOPY JUST LIKE HOOPLA IS CREDITS AND THEY'RE CHANGING THEIR SYSTEM TWO TICKETS, WHICH IS MAKING ME CRAZY, BUT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? AH SO THAT EACH THING YOU CHECK CLICK ON ITS GONNA BE A NUMBER OF TICKETS. SO NOW EVERY ACCOUNT IS GOING TO COME AUTOMATICALLY WITH 30 TICKETS THAT YOU CAN USE A MONTH AND THEN YOU CAN CHOOSE TO WATCH. I GUESS MORE POPULAR THINGS WOULD BE MORE TICKETS. THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU JUST KEEP TRACK OF IT THAT WAY. UM WE'LL SEE. THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF LIBRARIES REQUESTED. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I THINK THE POINT THE CREDITS WAS WORKING JUST FINE. 
          BUT OKAY, SO ANYWAY, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT AFFECTS USAGE THAT GOES INTO EFFECT NOVEMBER 1ST SO . AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE MEETINGS, TRAININGS HIGHLIGHTS AND MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
          SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE NUMBERS OR ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS OR TRAININGS JUST LET ME KNOW AND I KEEP FORGETTING TO CHANGE IT. BUT ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE OF THOSE STATS THAT B C E. THAT'S THAT BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE THAT WE DO WEEKLY WITH THE WILY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAVE MARKED IT AGAIN. I JUST FOR SOME REASON, HAVE A BLOCK ON THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SPELL IT OUT. BUT I WILL. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. BC BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE. JUST 
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WHAT I HAD AS A LITTLE SELLING FORWARD FOR GOOD. YOU DIDN'T. THEY ALSO COURSES AND LEARNING LANGUAGES AND EVEN LIKE GOOGLE CERTIFICATES HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN, UH, MY QUESTION. 
          AND WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS OUR NEW WILEY. UH, UM, MOBILE APP. FOR THE FOR THE LIBRARY. 
          KIND OF SEEING WHAT WHAT NUMBERS ARE FOR THAT OR WHAT? WE CAN EXPECT AN AD THAT WE OBVIOUSLY JUST STARTED IT SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH YET. BUT AS THOSE START COMING IN, UM I MAY HAVE SOME NUMBERS FOR YOU NEXT MONTH THAT I CAN CERTAINLY START SHARING WITH YOU. NO PROBLEM. 
          HOW IS IT GOING? UM IS ATLANTA. OKAY? I WAS LIKE, AM I ON YOU ARE HELL IS IT GOING WITH THE INTERVIEW WITH THE ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIAN POSITION VERY WELL. WE'VE ACTUALLY OFFERED THE POSITION SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR ALL OF THE BACKGROUND. ALL THAT STUFF TO CLEAR AND THEN WE'LL BE READY TO SET A START DATE. SO THAT WAS, UM WE'VE HAD SUCH A CHALLENGE. UM LATELY. 
          WELL, SINCE COVID REALLY, UM WITH STAFF TURNOVER AND THE RICHES AND WE NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE, AND THIS YEAR WE LOST A LOT OF CIRCULATION STAFF BECAUSE A LOT OF THE LOCAL LIBRARIES THAT GOT BUDGET CUTS DURING COVID GOT BUDGETS BACK. AND SO THEY HAD FULL TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T BLAME HIM. YOU'RE A PART TIME OR YOU NEED TO GET IT. YOU NEED INSURANCE, SO WE LOST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO THAT COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO YOU. NO ONE HAD A BABY THERE. YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS HAPPEN, SO WE WERE KIND OF HURTING IN CIRCULATION. BUT OUR APPLICANT POOL THIS TIME HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. SO WE HAD THE PERSON THAT WE OFFER THE JOBS. 
          YOU HAVE 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE DOING THIS JOB SO THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT IN YEARS. SO I WAS LIKE, THIS WAS GREAT. AND EVEN FOR THE CIRCULATION POSITIONS, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME REALLY GOOD APPLICANTS, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE. 
          PEOPLE YOU KNOW, HAVE DONE THAT. SO UM THAT'S BEEN A VERY BIG CHANGE SINCE COVID THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE THEN. SO. THE ALL STAFF MEETING WITH SPECIAL GUEST IMPORTER OR CITY ENGINEER. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? ALL OF THE LIBRARY STAFF ATTENDED. YES SO ALL STAFF MEETING WE DO IT LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH AND ALL FULL TIME STOP IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY AT THE LIBRARY AND PART TIME STAFF. IF THEY'RE WORKING, THEY'RE ASKED TO ATTEND. IF THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME AND WILL PAY THEM FOR THE HOUR TO COME. 
          UM AND THEN EVERY, UM EVERY MONTH, I TRY TO INVITE A DIFFERENT PERSON FROM A DIFFERENT APARTMENT IN THE CITY. JUST SO THAT THEY GET TO LEARN HOW EVERYBODY IS CONNECTED AND WHAT THEY DO, AND SO TIM WAS THE PERSON THIS MONTH, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST USUALLY WHAT WE DO IS I'LL HAVE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANYTHING FROM WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY TO MAYBE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHATEVER. AND THEN, UM EACH DEPARTMENT GOES THROUGH AND TALKS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEIR DEPARTMENT OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING WEIRD THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, IF THERE'S ANY NEW PATRONS THAT ARE SITUATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT STUFF. WE USUALLY HAVE SOME SORT OF FOOD COMPONENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S BREAKFAST, AND WE NEED DONUTS. AND UH UM SO, YEAH, BUT I LIKE TO BRING IN PEOPLE FROM THE CITY JUST SO THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR LIBRARY STAFF NEVER LEAVE THE LIBRARY SO THEY DON'T GET TO MEET AND INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY. THEY HAVE NO IDEA. THEY'LL BE LIKE WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT LIKE WHAT DO THEY DO? AND IT'S LIKE THAT'S WHY I BRING THEM OUT SO THAT THEY CAN SEE AND HEAR WHY WE NEED AN ENGINEER WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO AND UM, AND THAT WAY, IF THEY SEE THEM ELSEWHERE, THEY CAN GO. HEY I KNOW YOU. YOU KNOW YOUR TEMPERATURE SO ANYWAY, THIS NEXT MONTH, WE'RE HAVING, UM, PUBLIC WORKS. DIRECTOR TOMMY, WE'RE IS COMING OUT. UM WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT STREETS. THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT STREETS. SO THE POOR TOMMY IS GOING TO BE PUTTING PUT, YOU KNOW, GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF HARD QUESTIONS. I'M SURE CAN ANSWER THEM. DOES THAT? ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JUSTIN, OKAY. THEN CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ONE CITY ONE TEAM AWARD THAT . MM SO THE CITY'S PUSHING THIS INITIATIVE ONE CITY ONE TEAM, AND, UM, WE IT GOES. THEY'VE BEEN AWARDING IT TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. I THINK WE'RE THE THIRD OR FOURTH DEPARTMENT THAT'S GOTTEN IT. UM SO WE WERE CALLED UP FOR, UM, THE WORK THAT WE DID OVER THE SUMMER. AND ALL THE BIG EVENTS THAT WE DID AND HOW WE WORK TOGETHER, DOING ALL OF THAT. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT OUR LIBRARY STAFF IS THEY JUST SUPPORT EACH OTHER, AND WE'RE ALL THERE FOR EACH OTHER, AND 
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WE'LL DO DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DEPARTMENT YOU'RE IN OR WHO YOU WORK WITH, AND WE'LL JUST WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. WE NEED TO COVER WE WILL COVER. WE WILL DO IT. SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE. THAT WAS A COMPLETE SURPRISE. UM LET'S SEE WHO IS MY DIRECT BOSS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SAID YOU DON'T LIKE SURPRISES, RIGHT? AND I SAID, NO, I DON'T AND SHE SAID, OKAY, WELL, I'M GONNA SHOW UP AT YOUR MEETING, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD WAS LIKE, OKAY, WELL, AT LEAST I KNOW SHE'S NOT WATCHING. 
          YOU KNOW, SHE PREPARED ME THAT SHE JUST DIDN'T WANT IN THE DOOR TO TELL ME SOMETHING TERRIBLE, SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE. BUT YES, THEY EVEN MADE A POSTER FOR US TO HANG AND IT'S IN THE LOBBY RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S RIGHT. WAS THE GHOST TOURS THE SUCCESS. BIG SUCCESS, BIG BIG SUCCESS AND WHEN WE GET TO THE FRIENDS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT. SPEAKING OF THE UPCOMING LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND THE FRIENDS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A HANDOUT FOR THIS BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE THEM THE SAME THING, AND IT WOULD END UP GIVING YOU THE SAME THINGS I GAVE YOU LAST. TIME BUT STARTING WITH THE GHOST TOURS. UM SO THIS YEAR WHAT WE DID WAS IF YOU RECALL THE YEAR BEFORE WE HAD JUST TWO GHOST TOURS, THE KNIGHTS OF FOUR TOTAL AND I THINK WE ENDED UP CLEARING ABOUT $1500 FOR THAT, UM, THIS YEAR WE DID EIGHT TOURS, SO WE DID FOUR. EACH NIGHT, WE ADDED A WHOLE DIFFERENT TOUR WITH DIFFERENT CHARACTERS. UM IT WAS REALLY, REALLY SUPER FUN, AND WE MADE $4000. FROM THAT WEEKEND, SO YEAH. BIG BIG JUMP, AND WE SPLIT THAT MONEY WITH THE WILY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY HELPED US PUT THAT ON AND THEN THAT MONEY GETS EARMARKED TO GO TO THE SUMMER KICKOFF EVENT SINCE IT'S UM THAT WAY. IT BENEFITS PARKS AND REC AND US BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH WORKED ON THIS PROJECT TOGETHER. SO SINCE WE HAVE THE BROWN HOUSE INVOLVED IN THEIR PART UNDER THE PARKS AND REC UMBRELLA, SO, UM THERE ARE VERY BIG SUCCESS. THE WEATHER HELD OUT REALLY WELL, IT WAS SUPER FUN. UM AND WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR. 
          SO I GUESS WE'RE DOING THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR, BUT, YEAH, IT'LL BE. IT'S IT WAS. IT WAS A GOOD TIME. OTHER FRIENDS EVENTS TOMORROW IS SPOOKY NIGHT. SO SPOOKY NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE COMING TO HELP US OUT WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TRICK OR TREATING AT ALL THE DESKS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE CRAFTS IN THE STORYTIME ROOM. THERE WILL BE A TREASURE HUNT ALL OVER THE LIBRARY, KIND OF LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT AND THEN COSTUME CONTEST. SO THE FRIENDS OF ORGANIZED ALL THAT AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL. AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE LITTLE ONES, IF YOU EVEN JUST WANT TO KIND OF STOP BY THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CUTE. THEY GET ALL DRESSED UP, AND IT'S ADORABLE. SO WE, WE DID, UM, THE SPOOKTACULAR ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WE WERE OUT THERE FOR WILEY. I S D PRISCILLA AND I WERE AND SOME OF THOSE COSTUMES. OH, MY GOSH. THERE WERE A LOT OF BARBIES A LOT OF WEDNESDAY, ADAMS AND THEN JUST SOME OF THE CUTEST LITTLE KID COSTUME AND ONE WAS A LITTLE LAMB. SHE WAS SO SWEET ANYWAY, THEY WERE JUST ADORABLE, ADORABLE LITTLE COSTUMES, SO FUN, FUN STUFF. AND THEN THE OTHER BIG THING COMING UP. BESIDES, SPOOKY NIGHT IS OUR LIBRARY MURDER MYSTERY, WHICH I'LL HAND THESE OUT TO YOU GUYS. AND IF ANYBODY HAS, UM SOMEWHERE THEY WANT TO HANG THEM OR TAKE THEM. THIS IS NOVEMBER 4TH FROM 7 TO 9 WITH AN AFTER HOURS PROGRAM, SO IT'LL BE AFTER THE LIBRARY IS CLOSED. IT'S BASICALLY A REAL LIFE CLUE GAME, RIGHT? SO THE PREMISE IS THAT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF LITERARY CHARACTERS, AND ONE OF THEM COMMITTED A HORRIBLE CRIME. AND UM, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE WHO, WHAT? WHEN? WHERE AND WHY? AND DO YOU HAVE TWO HOURS TO INTERVIEW ALL OF THE SUSPECTS GOING AROUND INVESTIGATING ALL OF THE CLUES AND THEN EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE REVEALED PROMPTLY AT NINE PM, YOU'LL HAVE A SHEET WHERE YOU PUT IN YOUR ANSWERS. AND FOR THOSE THAT GUESS CORRECTLY WILL GET ENTERED INTO A DRAWING TO WIN A PRIZE. SO IT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE LIBRARY. THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE ACTUALLY WROTE THE SCRIPT AND ARE PERFORMING THAT SECOND PLAYERS PRODUCTIONS. THERE ARE THEATER PRODUCTION COMPANY THAT WE WORK WITH PRETTY OFTEN THEY'RE WONDERFUL, AND, UM, IT'S I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY FUN NIGHT. SO GOOD DATE NIGHT IF YOU'LL NEED SOMETHING TO DO, AND IT'S FOR 14 AND UP. SO UM, WE'RE NOT ALLOWING LITTLE ONES INTO THIS ONE, PARTLY FOR CONTENT AND PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S AFTER HOURS AT THE LIBRARY, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE STAFF TO WATCH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GONNA NOT GET HURT. SO, UM, BUT THERE YOU GO. THOSE ARE THE FRIENDS PROGRAMS. IN A NUTSHELL. SO NEXT MONTH. I'LL HAVE A REPORT FOR YOU ABOUT SPOOKY NIGHT AND ABOUT THE MURDER MAINSTREAM. ALL RIGHT. WELL AS FAR AS OUR 
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NOVEMBER PROGRAMS. WE HAVE LOOKS LIKE A LOT A LOT PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER AND MOVING ON. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE. ABOUT WHAT? WHAT WE GOT GOING ON IN NOVEMBER. YOU BET. SO SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF DIFFERENT. WE'VE GOT THAT VOICE ACTING FOR VIDEO GAMES FOR ADULTS THAT'S COMING UP ON THE FOURTH, ALSO OF NOVEMBER THAT AFTERNOON. DOG BEHAVIOR 101 DO NOT BRING YOUR DOG. THIS IS JUST FOR PEOPLE. WE ACTUALLY CAN. WE'VE GOTTEN THAT QUESTION, BUT NOPE. DON'T PUT YOUR DOG AND THEN, UM, A REAL NICE ONE. FOR KIND OF EASING US INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS HOLIDAY HARPS RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING. UM THAT'S ON NOVEMBER 28TH, AND YOU CAN JUST COME IN AND LISTEN. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE FIVE HARPS IN THE LIBRARY AND WE'VE HAD ONE BEFORE, AND IT'S JUST LOVELY. IT'S SO RELAXING WITH FIVE. I'M JUST GONNA YOU KNOW, I'LL PROBABLY BE A PUDDLE. I'LL BE CEREAL ANYWAY. IT'LL BE REALLY NICE. UM THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE ALL OUR REGULAR STORY TIMES AND FOR KIDS, WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL PROGRAM COMING UP THE WEDNESDAY IT'S KIND OF A TRADITIONAL THING WE DO THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING. 
          UM OH, NO, I LEFT THE MESSED UP THE. DESCRIPTION ON THAT. IT'S NOT KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES. 
          SORRY GUYS. IT'S UM WE'RE DOING SOME CRAFTS FROM 2 TO 4 P.M. WHAT WE ENCOURAGE IS, YOU KNOW, LET MOM OR DAD OR WHOEVER IT IS. IT'S DOING THE COOKING. LET'S LEAVE THEM HOME TO DO THE COOKING. GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. BRING THE KIDS TO THE LIBRARY. LET THEM GET SOME STUFF DONE. 
          YOU KNOW, AT THE LIGHT WHILE YOU'RE SPEND SOME FUN TIME AT THE LIBRARY, SO WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT LITTLE THANKSGIVING CRAFTS GOING ON THAT DAY. IN THIS IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEIR TEAM PROGRAMS YOU HEARD ALL ABOUT WITH KELSEY AND AT THE VERY END OF THAT, HERE ON PAGE FOR THE END OF PAGE 14, YOU'LL SEE YOUR HOLIDAY CLOSURES. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER HOLIDAY IN NOVEMBER, WHICH IS VETERANS DAY. UM TECHNICALLY THAT FALLS ON A SATURDAY SO THE CITY HOLIDAY IS THE 10TH. HOWEVER I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO, UM COVER. OR I'M SORRY. I DON'T HAVE AN OVERTIME BUDGET SO I CAN'T PAY PEOPLE TO BE HERE ON THE 11TH SO OR VICE VERSA. IF I PAY PEOPLE TO BE HERE ON THE 10TH. I HAVE TO PAY THEM OVERTIME BECAUSE IT'S THE CITY HOLIDAY. SO EITHER WAY, IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME, SO WE HAVE TO BE CLOSED BOTH DAYS. 
          THAT ONLY HAPPENS LIKE ONCE EVERY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, DEPENDING ON LEAP YEAR, SO THIS IS JUST THE WAY IT FELL THIS YEAR. UM, SOMETIMES WE GET SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE UPSET ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE ON MONDAY AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. SO UM, ALSO OUR THANKSGIVING CLOSINGS ARE THERE WERE VERY LUCKY. THE CITY IS VERY GENEROUS WITH WHAT THEY LET US HAVE. WE CLOSE EARLY ON THE 22ND ON THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE AT FIVE, AND THEN WE'RE CLOSED THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR THANKSGIVING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A LOWER STAFF TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES ON THOSE ON THAT DAY. OFFER THAT HOLIDAY. AND THEN THE THANKSGIVING CRAFTS ON THE 20 SECONDS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CLOSED EARLY THAT DAY. WHAT TIME IS THE THANKSGIVING CRAP BEFORE? I'M SORRY. I OMITTED THAT INFORMATION. I SOMETIMES WORK ON THESE WHEN I'M OUT AT THE DESK, AND THEN I GET UM, INTERRUPTED AND I FORGET WHERE I AM AND OBVIOUSLY DO NOT PROOF THAT VERY WELL PARTIES. ALL RIGHT. A LOT OF FUN PROGRAMS IN NOVEMBER. UH, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE ITEMS FOR OUR FUTURE AGENDA. YES SO I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BEING STUCK FOR A WHILE. WE'VE BEEN SO SHORT STAFFED. HONESTLY GUYS, WE'VE KIND OF HAD TO PUT THAT IN THE BACK BURNER. UM BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL HELPING OUT WHERE ALL THE HOLES ARE. SO AS WHAT YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THAT TO GET THAT BACK ON TRACK. WE'RE STILL TRYING, HOPING FOR A DECEMBER RELEASE DATE. SO WE CAN START WITH THE WINTER READING CHALLENGE FOR KIDS AND WITH THE READ MORE CHALLENGE FOR ADULTS FOR 2024. I TOLD YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STAFFING WOES. LIKE I SAID, IT'S GOING REALLY WELL AND WE'VE GOT LOTS OF GOOD CANDIDATES. UM WE ALSO HAVE ALSO FILLED OR AT LEAST I KNOW WE'VE MADE AT LEAST ONE OFFER FOR THE CIRCULATION POSITIONS, AND I THINK THEY'RE DOING REFERENCE CHECKS FOR A COUPLE OF THE OTHERS. SO THOSE ARE GOING WELL. WE'RE WAITING ON THE ADULT SERVICES LIBRARY, AND WE THINK THAT ONE IS DONE. HOPEFULLY AS LONG AS EVERYTHING WORKS OUT THERE. UM LIKE I SAID, I'LL GIVE YOU THE OVERVIEW OF MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT AND, UM SPEAKING AS WELL. NEXT MONTH, I'LL HAVE YOUR HOLIDAY CLOSURES FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING NOVEMBER 27TH. 
          THAT'S OUR LAST MEETING OF 2023. WE DO NOT MEET IN DECEMBER BECAUSE IT ALWAYS HAPPENS DURING THE HOLIDAY WEEK. SO, UM THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TWO MONTHS UNTIL YOU HAVE TO HEAR FROM ME AGAIN. LUCKY YOU GUYS. WE ARE WORKING ON POSSIBLY UPDATING. WE ALREADY DID THIS. THE BORROWER POLICY. UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT REMOVING SOME LIMITS ON THINGS. 
          UM USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE FIRST GET A LIBRARY CARD, WE LIMIT THEM TO FIVE ITEMS TOTAL. UM AND WE'RE LOOKING AT REMOVING THAT BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING LIKE, HEY, YOU GOT A LIBRARY CARD. NOW, THIS IS ALL YOU CAN CHECK OUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE BEING KIND OF MEAN. AND THE 
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REASON WE DID THAT, IN THE WAY LONG AGO WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE AND TAKE CHECKING THINGS OUT, NEVER BRINGING THEM BACK. BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S KIND OF A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT DO THAT. SO WE KIND OF WANT TO TRY THAT AGAIN AND SEE HOW THAT WILL WORK. UM WE'RE CURRENTLY TRYING TO WORK OUT DETAILS ON THAT AND FIGURE OUT BECAUSE WE STILL WANT TO PUT LIMITS ON HIGH INTEREST ITEMS LIKE THE NEW DVDS, FOR EXAMPLE. SEVEN DAY DVDS THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT ANYWAY, SO I MIGHT BE BRINGING THAT POLICY BACK TO YOU. THAT WOULD REALLY BE THE ONLY IT'S JUST THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY CHANGE REMOVING THE LIMIT ON THAT. IT HAS THE LIBRARY AND DEAN LIKE OUTREACH BECAUSE I LIKE I'M LOVING THE NEW LIBRARY APP. YEAH BROADCAST TO OUR WONDERFUL PATRONS. AND OH, YES, WE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. SO WE HAVE POSTERS EVERYWHERE ALL OVER THE LIBRARY. WE ANNOUNCED THAT ALL OUR PROGRAMS. IT'S BEEN ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. UM SO YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE THE APP TO USE THAT CLICK AND COLLECT THE DRIVE. THRU HAS BEEN KIND OF QUIET, AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SO PRETTY OUTSIDE, SO PEOPLE DON'T MIND WALKING INTO THE BUILDING WHEN IT'S SO NICE RIGHT NOW, THIS NEXT WEEK. ONCE IT STARTS RAINING, IT'LL BE NOT USED NONSTOP BECAUSE WHEN THE RAIN HITS, THEN EVERYBODY USES THE DRIVE THROUGH. BUT SO I'M HOPING MAYBE THEY'LL REMEMBER TO USE CLICK AND COLLECT AND DO IT THAT WAY, BECAUSE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE. WITH THAT FEATURE. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT DOING LITTLE SHORT VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE HEY, DID YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TOUCH YOUR LIBRARY UP AND DO THIS AND DO THAT? AND SO, UM, AND WE'RE GETTING USED TO IT TOO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'LL IT'LL DO LIKE A BANNER ANNOUNCEMENT. SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF TODAY I NEED TO PUT ON THE APP THAT YOU KNOW. TONIGHT IS SPOOKY NIGHT FOR TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, SO I NEED TO SET THAT UP, AND I JUST FORGET ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER HAD IT. HORSE SO, YES. SO WE'RE ALL KIND OF GETTING INTO THE GROUP WITH THAT, AND, UM WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I USED IT ALL THE TIME. I REALLY LIKE IT. I HOPE YOU'LL LIKE IT TOO. 
          ANY FINAL QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS, FUTURE AGENDAS. ANYTHING BEFORE WE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALRIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FOR THIS EVENING? ALL MOTION. I THINK THAT. YOU SAY IT AGAIN TO 72ND THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU. VERY ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, UM, SENIOR WILL START OUR VOTING, PLEASE. YOU SHOULD SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN. HAVE WE GOTTEN EVERYONE'S IN YET, SENIOR. WE'RE MISSING ONE. OH, THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. I THINK WE GOT. RIGHT? ALL FIVE WERE IN FAVOR OF GERMANY FOR THE MEETING. WE JUST HAD THE TWO ABSENT MEMBERS. ZACK AND MONICA. MOTION PASSED. ALRIGHT, WE ARE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.